The caecum is a pouch that forms the beginning of the large intestine. It is separated from the ascending colon by the cecocolic junction and from the small intestine by the ileocecal valve.

The appendix is a fingerlike, blind-ended tube connected to the caecum – a pouch connected to the junction of the small and large intestines – from which it develops from an embryo.

Pathology The appendix is situated in the right iliac region of the abdomen. It is attached to the caecum, which is the area where the small and large bowel join (Fig 1). The full term for the ...

Is there a more maligned human anatomic structure than the vermiform appendix? Since Charles Darwin, schoolchildren have learned to disparage it as a useless vestige of evolution with a tendency to ...

Dead end I've just had my appendix removed. My surgeon told me I wouldn't miss it because it no longer serves a purpose in humans. But does it serve a purpose in some animals? What exactly ...

News Published: 23 October 1873 The Diverticulum of The Small Intestine Considered as A Rudimentary Structure * Nature 8, 540–541 (1873) Cite this article ...

Unusual situations of the caecum are not in question here. As a rule, when an abscess appears in an unusual position, it is the appendix which is displaced and not the caecum itself.